I’m constantly faced with mothers whose minds can’t stop spinning, who are wearing themselves out trying to get through their ever growing list of “things to do” and are overwhelmed and emotional as a result. Why do we find it SO hard to put our well-being above the driving need to get stuff done? […]

When I was two, I lived in Cape-town and I loved a book. It was Peep-o and it couldn’t leave me. You told me once that every time you had to return it to the library, I would sit at our apartment window wailing as you and the book walked away. ‘Don’t go Peep-o!!!!’ That […]

Did you know that Victoria has it’s own specialist secondary school focusing on science, mathematics and associated technologies? John Monash Science School (JMSS) is the result of a unique partnership between the Victorian Government and Monash University, and is located in a purpose-built facility on the university’s Clayton Campus. Offering years 10, 11 and 12 only, […]

My 2.5-year-old loves her old trike. We found it at an op-shop for $3 well over a year ago, and she loved it before she could even ride it. It’s the most basic of basic trikes – seat, handle, wheels, tray. The colours are faded, and the wheels make us sound like a whole convoy […]

We lay next to each other – your head on my chest and my arm around you. Your heart beating faster than mine, and your body settled into the curve of mine. We both listened to your daddy reading, a special treat to have me snuggled beside you. You are learning to fall asleep independently, […]